Pathology

About this book

This book, made up of 1,060 multiple-choice questions, is designed to help you prepare for course examinations, National Boards Part I, the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX), the Educational Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates examination (ECFMG), the Visa Qualifying Examination (VQE), and other objective exams. The range of subjects included in this volume is based on the content outline of the National Board of Medical Examiners, which develops the question pool for the tests mentioned above, and reflects the scope and depth of what is taught in medical schools today. The questions themselves are organized in broad categories, to give you a representative sampling of the material covered in course work, while helping you define those general areas to which you need to devote attention. For your convenience in selective study, the answers (with commentary and references) follow each section of questions. The questions provide good practice in familiarizing yourself with the format of objective-type tests. Questions of each type - one best response, matching, multiple true-false, and so on - are grouped together. They are modelled as closely as possible after those used by the Board. Using this book, you may identify areas of strength and weakness in your own command of the subject. Specific references allow you to return to the authoritative source for further study. This volume supplements the lettered answers with brief explanations intended to prompt you to think about the choices-correct and incorrect, to put the answers in broadened perspective, and to add to your fund of knowledge. A complete bibliography appears at the end of the book. The questions and answers, taken together, emphasize problem solving and application of underlying principles as well as retention of factual knowledge.